Occurrence record: MEL 0287008A

Preserved specimen of Mucuna pruriens var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck | Mucuna recorded on 1995-05-05
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Institution code Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Supplied institution code "MEL"
Collection National Herbarium of Victoria
Supplied collection code "MEL"
Catalog number MEL 0287008A
Occurrence ID 6f91567a-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Waterhouse, B.M.  
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 3509
Reproductive condition flowers | fruit
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Robust twining herb with large tri-foliate leaves. Flowers dark crimson which leaches out on contact with ethanol. Pods with golden-rusty hairs.
Occurrence remarks Local residents are fearful of this weed. State have changed cultivation practices where this species has invaded. Now use fire before cultivation to avoid contact with the irritant hairs on pods. Specimen discoloured by ethanol treatment (for quarantine purposes). Collected as part of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy. NAQS Botanical Collection - Mareeba, Queensland.
Identification ID 4418f77f-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 7fabdf6b-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1995-05-05
Supplied as year:1995  month:5  day:5 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 125

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Fabales | Fabaceae | Mucuna | pruriens
Scientific name Mucuna pruriens var. utilis
Identified to rank variety
Common name Mucuna
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Mucuna
Species Mucuna pruriens
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet utilis
Scientific name authorship (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Asia | Indonesia
Country Indonesia
State or Territory Nusa Tenggara Timur
Locality Lili Agricultural & Livestock Research Station, West Timor.
Habitat
Supplied as "Climbs on trees and fences."
Latitude -10.05
Supplied as: "-10.0500000000"
Longitude 123.9
Supplied as: "123.9000000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Lili Agricultural & Livestock Research Station, West Timor.
Field notes Robust twining herb with large tri-foliate leaves. Flowers dark crimson which leaches out on contact with ethanol. Pods with golden-rusty hairs.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 25000.0
Georeference verification status Verified by curator
Georeferenced by National Herbarium of Victoria
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2020-05-08T00:00
Supplied as 2020-05-08 00:00:00
Verbatim latitude 10° 3' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Asia
Marine false
Country Code ID
Verbatim longitude 123° 54' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID be47932e-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Indonesia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.833334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 72.0 %